Biology

May 19, 2026

A milder hair dye based on synthetic melanin

Credit: Adapted from ACS Central Science 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.0c00068 With the coronavirus pandemic temporarily shuttering hair salons, many clients are...

Conservation goals may be stymied by a lack of land for biodiversity offsetting

Credit: Dr Laura Sonter Developers may struggle to find enough land to offset the biodiversity impacts of future development, according...

Latest results of myriapod research from the 18th International Congress of Myriapodology

Credit: 18th International Congress of Myriapodology Last year, the 18th International Congress of Myriapodology brought together 92 of the world's...

Are salt deposits a solution for nuclear waste disposal?

Credit: Doug Weaver Around the world, there are pools of water filled with nuclear waste waiting for their final resting...

Oregon State University research wins Marcus Wallenberg Prize

Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Richard Waring, professor emeritus in the Oregon State University College of Forestry, is...

Study reveals important flowering plants for city-dwelling honey bees

Credit: Douglas Sponsler, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Trees, shrubs and woody vines are among the top food sources...

Harnessing psyllid peptides to fight citrus greening disease

BTI, USDA and UW researchers identified 122 peptides that could be used to as insecticides to halt a disease that...

Startups develop system that detects fever remotely in people near hospital front desks

AI-based technology developed by a startup supported by FAPESP is in use at Albert Einstein Jewish Hospital, in São Paulo,...

Study indicates artificial intelligence could help stem tide of school violence

Natural language processing already used to predict mental health risksCredit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - By leveraging the basics of artificial...

Shrinking instead of growing: how shrews survive the winter

Even at sub-zero temperatures, common shrews do not need to increase their metabolismCredit: Christian Ziegler Last year, about 30 common...

Understanding deer damage is crucial when planting new forests

Credit: Crown Copyright, Forestry Commission Scientists at the University of Southampton and Forest Research say understanding the risk of damage...

Is planet Earth young or old?

Credit: World Scientific The Age of the Earth -- A Physicist's Odyssey spells out how the age of our planet has...

Joan W. Conaway elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Credit: Stowers Institute KANSAS CITY, MO--The Stowers Institute for Medical Research is pleased to announce that Joan Weliky Conaway, PhD,...

The truth lies in the soil: How human activity leaves a chemical footprint in soils

Researchers explore how natural processes determine the distribution of chemical elements in soils and highlight the effect of miningCredit: Earth...

Success in specific detection of molecules using deformation of a single atomic sheet

A great new way to paint 3D-printed objects

Efficient painting method reaches nooks and cranniesCredit: Jonathan P. Singer/Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Rutgers engineers have created a highly effective way...

New DNA test will improve tracking of Salmonella food-poisoning outbreaks

The test may rapidly and sensitively distinguish subtypes of Salmonella, reports The Journal of Molecular DiagnosticsCredit: Public Health Image Library,...

Invasive lionfish likely to become permanent residents in the Mediterranean

Credit: Marine and Environmental Research (MER) Lab An invasive species first identified in the Mediterranean Sea just eight years ago...

Insilico and Astellas collaborate on AI for a conventionally challenging target family

Insilico Medicine enters into a collaboration research with Astellas Pharma Inc. to apply novel generative artificial intelligence system for a...

Rice engineers: Make wastewater drinkable again